February 11, 2019

On Feb. 11, 2019 the Defense Intelligence Agency released a new unclassified report highlighting the importance of U.S. space capabilities as well as the threats posed to those assets by four key adversaries: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

The Feb. 7, 2019 Defense Department inspector general's report "reviewed the system of quality control for the National Guard Bureau Internal Review (NGB IR) Office in effect for the period ended Feb. 28, 2018."

February 08, 2019

In a Feb. 6, 2019 memo, the Defense Department inspector general announces an audit of U.S. Central Command's "target development and prosecution processes, as well as post-strike collateral damage and civilian casualty assessment activities."

February 07, 2019

On Feb. 7, 2019 Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command, and Navy Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on their respective fiscal year 2020 budget requests.

The Feb. 7, 2019 Government Accountability Office report recommends "improving how the Air Force manages and justifies its non-flying pilot positions to help it better use its resources and develop leaders among UAS pilots."

The Feb. 7, 2019 Government Accountability Office report finds that the Defense Department "must review contractors' business systems to ensure that the data from them can be used. We've previously found that it was years behind on some of these reviews."

The February 2019 State Department inspector general's report finds that the defense trade controls directorate "did not implement sufficient internal controls to ensure that permanent export license applications included all required information as set forth in its standard operating procedures."

February 06, 2019

On Jan. 6, 2019 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict Owen West and Maj. Gen. Jim Hecker, vice director of operations (J3) on the Joint Staff, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the Defense Department's counterterrorism policy approach.

February 05, 2019

The Pentagon's office for independent cost estimates has concluded the Navy's two-ship buy of the third and fourth Gerald Ford-class aircraft carriers will save $3.1 billion -- $900 million less than what the service touted last week following the contract award, a new Congressional Research Service report revealed.

The Feb. 1, 2019 Defense Department document maintains previous fleet-size estimates, its unclassified summary offering almost no insight into the Air Force's plan to grow by 14 tanker squadrons and three strategic airlift squadrons over the next 10 years.

The January 2019 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report finds that the Pentagon's effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters may lack trained pilots and maintenance personnel to operate the new aircraft.